How many seizures will my partner have from xanex withdrawals?

My partner takes xanex every day and she takes a lot. In the past year, every time she stops or runs out or can't get any, within 24 to 48 hours she has a big seizure. Usually after the seizure she gets more xanex n continues to abuse them.well she had a seizure this morning n I had to go to work and there is no way for her to get any more xanex untill tonight, my question is, will she have more seizures thru out the day? Or do u think it's just the one big one n that's it??

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Your friend needs to get some help if she is abusing Xanax and has seizures when she runs out. This is very serious. Whether she will have another seizure before tonight is not possible to say, but it is possible. Please, consider getting her into some kind of treatment for her addiction.

Ppl who abuse xanax don't deserve it.ppl like myself, a chronic anxiety and PTSD sufferer.I'm 40 and been on xanax since I was 18ish. 1mg a day. Unfortunately, for some reason my doc said he can't prescribe them to me anymore cos he couldn't get the authority anymore. The past 2years has been unbearable. So thanku to everyone whose abused xanax.ya's have all made life ALOT harder for us REAL ANXIETY sufferers!!!

Hi, have you ever had a discussion with your partner about stopping this destructive pattern? Having recurring seizures can have long term side effects and can be very damaging. Your partner needs to get help with tapering from the Xanax and getting rehabilitation treatment. Her doctor may prescribe anti seizure medication and other medical intervention to help her quit. The way she is living her life at the moment could have disastrous consequences... Benzodiazepines are well known for causing addiction/dependency and are often abused. Because it has been 21 hours since you posted your question, there is no point in me trying to answer your original question, hopefully she didn't have another seizure? I hope you don't mind me offering my opinion, just i have been in this situation myself with opiate pain killers, so i know how dangerous it is

Thank you for your comment. She did end up having another seizure while I was gone and unfortunately did get more xanax. I have had money discussions with her about getting help and tapering off and what we could do. We had another discussion about it last night and we are going to talk to her doctor about it in a couple weeks at her appointment so now all I can do is just hope she sticks with it and maybe give her a little bit of tough love and not be such an enabler. It's a really tough situation I now understand addiction so it seems it doesn't matter if I'm sad or mad or serious or not she's not going to do this until she's ready so hopefully this time she's ready thank you for your comments I appreciate it

I am sorry your partner had another seizure. I am so happy that she has agreed to speak to her doctor about getting help. That is a huge step. Try to keep her thinking on this track, not to change her mind... i know you can't control someones mind, but by being a bit harder on her/as you say, not enabling her, you are helping her more than you know. Good luck to you both!